Ednina Welters, LCPC

Ednina Welters is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who draws on eleven years of experience to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and relationship concerns. She works with adults facing life transitions, caregiving strain, grief, ADHD, and challenges tied to aging and geriatric issues. Her approach aims to make therapy practical and understandable.

Ednina bases her work on client-centered principles that respect each person's goals and pace. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that increase distress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques are woven in to help clients live by their values even when emotions are difficult.

Her practice includes tools from Dialectical Behavior Therapy for emotion regulation and the Gottman Method for improving communication in close relationships. Sessions focus on clear skills people can try between meetings. The tone in sessions is collaborative and down-to-earth.

Ednina has experience addressing trauma, abuse, and substance-related concerns alongside mood and anxiety disorders. She also supports those coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, and identity-related issues. Conversations are aimed at practical problem solving and steady progress.

People often find the work is a mix of talking, skill-building, and planning small experiments to test new ways of coping. Ednina emphasizes attainable goals and offers steady guidance as clients try different strategies. She encourages people to bring what matters most into the work so therapy fits real life.

How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions

Ednina integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy into her work. ACT focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values, which can help with grief, caregiver stress, and life changes. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and daily life to decide which methods to try first. Clients often mix strategies from different approaches as they see what fits best.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also helps people use tools and worksheets between sessions and practice new communication skills in real time. Licensed professionals can adaptACT and CBT exercises to an online setting so progress continues even when meeting remotely.